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Current U. S. Poet Laureate: Ada Limón. Ada Limón was appointed the United States Poet Laureate in 2022. Born on March 28, 1976, she is originally from Sonoma, California.
Simon Armitage is the current national Poet Laureate (2019-2029). He is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds and was elected to serve as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford for 2015-2019.
Ada Limón was named Tuesday by the Library of Congress as the nation's 24th poet laureate. She will take over in September from Joy Harjo, who has held the position since 2019.
Learn about the history and role of the British Poet Laureate, an honorary position appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. The current laureate is Simon Armitage, who succeeded Carol Ann Duffy in 2019.
In 2022, Ada Limón was appointed the United States poet laureate. Born on March 28, 1976, she is originally from Sonoma, California. As a child, she was greatly influenced by the visual arts and artists, including her mother, Stacia Brady.
Limón is the author of the poetry collections The Hurting Kind (2022, Milkweed Editions); The Carrying (2018, Milkweed Editions), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry; Bright Dead Things (2015, Milkweed Editions), a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Books Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts ...
Simon Armitage is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist, and the current Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. He has published over 20 collections of poetry, translated classic works, written travel books and documentaries, and composed poems for public art.
Today the Library of Congress announced a new poet laureate, Ada Limon. Our friend from the world of poetry, Tess Taylor, has known Limon for decades. And so the two hopped on the line, and...
CNN — Ada Limón, author of six books of poetry, will become the next US poet laureate. Limón assumes the role from Joy Harjo, who served three 1-year terms in the position. She will begin her...
Simon Armitage, a Yorkshire-based poet and Oxford Professor of Poetry, will be the new Poet Laureate for the next 10 years. He succeeds Carol Ann Duffy and joins a long line of distinguished poets who have held the honorary position since 1668.